Our Bereavement Committee members span departments and programs across BMC Health System, ensuring comprehensive support for patients and their loved ones. As of 2026, our members are:
- Chris Andry, PhD, chief of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at BMCHS
- Ankiza Baregu, staff chaplain at BMC
- Isidore L. Berenbaum, Psychiatry
- Bob Bowers, director of Volunteer Services at BMCHS
- Elizabeth Bowers, nurse practitioner in Palliative Care
- Claire Davies, LICSW, senior manager of behavioral health in Population Health
- Margaret Faulds, MSN RN CNL, med/surg nurse director
- Rachel Leary, nurse manager, MICU, CCU, and ICU FP
- Elizabeth Goeke, director of Spiritual Care at BMC Brighton
- Olivia Haglund, program manager in Volunteer Services at BMCHS
- Julia Jackson, chaplain intern at BMC
- Elkine Jacques-Bouloute, licensed clinical social worker
- Ami Jobanputra, director of ambulatory performance
- Sheryl Katzanek, director of the Patient Advocacy and Domestic Violence Programs at BMC
- Jesse Keane, associate chaplain at BMC Brighton
- Mirabelle Khazei, specialist, Volunteer Services at BMCHS
- Christian Kiriakos, Surgical Pathology Procedures
- Victoria Lewis, MSW, LCSW, emergency department social worker at BMC Brighton
- Samuel Lowe, director of chaplaincy services
- Peggy Lucien, MSW, LICSW, director of emergency department and inpatient social work operations
- Simone Martell, MSW, LICSW, director of the Employee Resilience Program at BMCHS
- Akosua Mensah, director of social work transitions of care
- Laura Murphy, staff nurse in Hematology/Oncology
- Oda Reinert, LMHC, clinician in the Employee Resilience Program at BMCHS
- Cheryl Slater, MSN-ed, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse educator
- Cheryl Spencer, pathology assistant in Quality Assurance
- Noelle Sullivan, associate case manager in Hematology/Oncology
- Margaret Tomanovich, inpatient pediatrics social worker
- Caitlin VanPatten, Patient Navigation Program, Hematology and Medical Oncology at BMC
- Ludvina Vicente, patient advocate at BMC South
- Elizabeth Egan, MPH, LICSW, director of Social Work Child Protection
- Shari Krauss, program director in the Division of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
- Alexander Friedman, program manager in the Division of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
- Genevieve Lyon Preer, pediatrician
- Molly Duggan, child life manager
- Beth Rooney Suereth, family caregiving partner at Caregiving Pathways